Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 rose 0.83% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (NS:INBK), which rose 3.95% or 69.10 points to trade at 1815.15 at the close. ICICI Bank Ltd (NS:ICBK) added 3.87% or 15.20 points to end at 407.00 and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NS:HPCL) was up 2.64% or 6.80 points to 264.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wipro Ltd (NS:WIPR), which lost 2.12% or 6.10 points to trade at 280.90 in late trade. Cipla Ltd. (NS:CIPL) declined 1.35% or 7.65 points to end at 559.35 and GAIL Ltd (NS:GAIL) shed 0.69% or 2.45 points to 351.60.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (BO:INBK) which rose 3.96% to 1815.85, ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which was up 3.58% to settle at 406.80 and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (BO:ONGC) which gained 2.49% to close at 160.45.
The worst performers were Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 0.63% to 196.85 in late trade, Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which lost 0.39% to settle at 723.85 and Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which was down 0.22% to 230.55 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 797 to 775 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1240 fell and 1232 advanced, while 145 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 1.43% to 21.6925 a new 3-year high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.38% or 4.95 to $1286.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $63.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $71.19 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.28% to 69.647, while EUR/INR rose 0.34% to 78.7160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.600.